Obatala

Associated Abilities: Academics, Art, Command, Integrity, Medicine, Presence

Associated Powers: Artistry, Earth, Epic Charisma, Fertility, Guardian, Health

The first child of Olodumare, Obatala created most of the world on his father's request, save for the pieces his Oduduwa created after Obatala passed out, drunk after having created the palm tree and trying the wine from it. He creates every single human born, and devises their destinies, although sometimes he takes a slight break from his ceaseless work to drink some palm wine, and when drunk, he continues to create, though his creations in this state are sickly and often deformed.

When Obatala created the first tree, and set it into the earth, a man came to live under it. When the man consulted an oracle to learn his fortune, the oracle said he must give sacrifice to Obatala, least the tree he built his house under fall on his home and crush it. The man ignored these warnings, and when the three did fall, Obatala stopped it, feeling pity for the man, he stopped the tree in the air, and turned it to a shining metal, sending it off to Ogun to fastion into a boat and a pot. He put his slave and the pot in the boat, and tasked the slave with traveling to heaven and back to earth every day, creating the Sun.